{"id":631,"date":"2011-12-09T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-1199783855.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/09\/arda-unveils-its-timeshare-fans-of-the-month-from-hilton-grand-vacations\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T14:49:00","slug":"arda-unveils-its-timeshare-fans-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/09\/arda-unveils-its-timeshare-fans-of\/","title":{"rendered":"ARDA Unveils its Timeshare Fans of the Month from Hilton Grand Vacations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hakIQocc6fc\/TuIidfRo2EI\/AAAAAAAACtk\/86pvzHCb7Gw\/s1600\/ARRDA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 224px;height: 124px\" src=\"\/content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ARRDA.jpg?dd9ee42eb55d878694c60fdd48e58e9c\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The American Resort Development Association\u2019s (ARDA) second installment of a new series \u201cTimeshare Fans&#8221; of the Month, features leading shared ownership hotel group Hilton Grand Vacations. In the series, owners explain why they\u2019re happy with their timeshare purchases and why they love the shared ownership lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redweek.com\/timeshare-companies\/hilton-grand-vacations-club\">Hilton Grand Vacations <\/a>quizzed its international owners while they were out and about on holiday, and captured some stunning locations as well as very positive feedback. In the Timeshare Fans video, owner experiences were recorded as far and wide as the beaches of Hawaii, the Hoover Dam and the streets of New York City.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s featured couple are Bill and Phyllis Hopkins of Ohio who have been Hilton Grand Vacations Club Members since 2007. The Hopkins own at West 57th Street by Hilton Club in New York City and at Parc Soleil (Hilton Grand Vacations Club in Orlando).<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re timeshare fans because, as they explained, \u201cMembership resolves the potential \u2018beach house dilemma\u2019 of vacationing in the same place year after year. Our passion is to explore new places and discover new cultures.\u201d The couple have visited Paris, Brussels and London as well as many U.S destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Read more of Bill and Phyllis\u2019s timeshare story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vacationbetter.org\/index.php?spotlight\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Timeshare\u2019s occupancy rate has fared better than the hotel industry during the recession, with a historically very high satisfaction rate among owners, in the region of 85% according to recent surveys.<\/p>\n<p>Timeshare owner? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vacationbetter.org\/index.php?add-your-own\">Share your best experiences<\/a> with ARDA and help get the word out that timeshares can be a good thing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The American Resort Development Association\u2019s (ARDA) second installment of a new series \u201cTimeshare Fans&#8221; of the Month, features leading shared ownership hotel group Hilton Grand Vacations. In the series, owners explain why they\u2019re happy with their timeshare purchases and why they love the shared ownership lifestyle. Hilton Grand Vacations quizzed its international owners while they&#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2085],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hilton-grand-vacations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}